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Footsteps in the Wind: Krakow, Auschwitz

from Lands and Genotypes by Emmanuel L. Spinelli

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FOOTSTEPS IN THE WIND:
A soundscape of holy grounds and death factories
(Krakow, Kazimierz, Auschwitz)

14'55'' (5:1 Surround)

- Ofiar Holocaustu (Young boys spitting on the monument): 0’29’’

- Rynek Glówny (Bell & Heynal): 3’16’’
- Kazimierz: 2’07’’
- Schindler Factory: 5’33’’
- Auschwitz (A noisy bus-park; crematorium): 4’51’'

This piece explores the soundscape of different strategic locations in the south of Poland, places imbued with memories from the Holocaust; searching for traces. Before the Second World War, the Jewish population of Poland was 3.5 million, today there are between 3,000 and 4,000 left. The opening is a short field recording made on the site of the “Ofiar Holocaustu” in Kazimierz in January 2007. On that quiet day, two young boys sat on the monument and started spitting on the stone as a provocation. It is followed by the Heynal, the war trumpet, played every hour in Krakow.

The piece is constructed upon the emotional and physical journey from Krakow's main square to Auschwitz passing by Kazimierz (former Jewish ghetto), O. Schindler's factory and Gross Rosen. It is a desperate search for the remains, the soundmarks of pre-war Europe and also a reflection on how the sounding environment may convey both the fascinating quality and the outrageous character of particular places. The main square of Krakow still bears the beauty of centuries old sounds mixed with modern life. Auschwitz has become a touristic nightmare, a “theme park” where an armada of buses and hot dog vans roar horridly while visitors queue up to have their picture taken in front of the crematorium and the infamous gates!

The piece is dedicated to poet Robert Desnos. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, deported to Auschwitz and died after being transferred to the Flöha Kommando, two weeks later.

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from Lands and Genotypes, released January 7, 2010
Recorded on Location
Mixed in EMS, London, UK

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Emmanuel L. Spinelli London, UK

Emmanuel Lorien Spinelli is a composer, sound-designer, and music lecturer. He works within many genres such as soundscape composition, experimental music, musique concrète, sampling, free improvisation, avant-rock, electronica, and sound-poetry.

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